Ted Haggard’s Not Gay Anymore

Update: The thing is, I know some of you are completely secular and don’t care about this, but if you actually read the anti-gay passages out of Leviticus that the Religious Right so likes to harp on, they’re in the same section of the book that has details on how you shouldn’t touch a woman if she’s menstruating, and if you do, you have to either be killed or cast out of the community. It’s nonsense.

A priest once said to me that you can really tell where a Christian is coming from by the first place he goes to when he opens a Bible. Does he go to the Gospel of John — God is Love — or does he go to the most punitive passages he can find? This tells you something.

Haggard shouldn’t be having sex with men because he’s married and therefore cheating on his wife. But this idea that a lifetime of sexual impulse is just erased by a few weeks of therapy is ridiculous. I mentioned this on a podcast once: My wife watched “Jesus Camp” with me and said, within 30 seconds of Haggard coming on screen, “He’s gay.” This is before any of the revelations. I said, “How can you tell?” And she said, “Because he’s gay.” His gay vibe is actually part of what’s appealing about him.

I’d have loved for him to come out and say, “Yes, I’m attracted to men. God made me this way. And I’m a Christian.” What he’s done now is just silly and sad.

One More Thing : This is unrelated to Haggard, but the Tennessee Guerilla Women have a very funny post about Bush’s latest approval numbers and how they compare with things like reptiles and body hair. Check it out.